When Papa Played the Dobro

WHEN PAPA PLAYED THE DOBRO J. Cash Recorded 2/15/60 Key: Bb / Capo: 1st / Play: A INTRO: E A A My papa was a hobo when they delivered me D A We didn't have a doctor cause he couldn't pay the fee A But when the goin' got to bad to ease his misery E A Papa played the dobro this way A And he'd go... DOBRO BREAK: D A E A When company would come around he kept the dobro hid He knew he couldn't play the way the other players did Why the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lid But Papa played the dobro this way And he'd go... DOBRO BREAK Well now that Papa's gone away it's hanging by the flu The top of it is busted and the strings are rusted too It won't ever sound the way it did when it was new When Papa played the dobro this way And he'd go... DOBRO BREAK